This week’s AT&T Byron Nelson marks Matsuyama’s first start since his victory at Augusta National, where the 29-year-old became the first player from Japan to win a men’s Major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama may instantly have risen to the greatest golf hero Japan has ever known with his roller-coaster-ride Masters win. Now, however, comes the hard part.
However, while Matsuyama can rid his country’s Major monkey at Augusta National today, he is far from the Land of the Rising Sun’s only star. Here are the best golfers of Japanese heritage.
A career renaissance that has gone largely unnoticed now carries an extra element of gravitas after Queenslander Brad Kennedy secured the 2020/2021 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.
Australia’s Jason Day is the inaugural MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins champion after a thrilling climax at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan.
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